Re: problem with bind book example

Linda W wrote: I was trying to auto load the root hints file on a cron job. In the bind 4th ed. book, p 157, there's and example to use dig to create a a file it calls db.cache Specifically, the example is $ dig @a.root-servers.net . ns > db.cache I wouldn't cron that _as_is_. You should

Re: problem with bind book example

On Wed, 2009-09-23 at 15:17 -0700, Linda W wrote: > > In my main config it's in the section: > root "." IN { > type hint; > file "root.hint"; > }; > I don't have the BIND book to hand, but that should be: zone "." IN { John. -- John Horne, University of Plymouth, UK Tel: +44

problem with bind book example

I was trying to auto load the root hints file on a cron job. In the bind 4th ed. book, p 157, there's and example to use dig to create a a file it calls db.cache >From the text I understood it to be a 'roots.hint' file for startup. It seems to have the same information but in a different order as